Antisymmetry and Verb-Final Order in West Flemish

Abstract This paper focuses on the derivation of the verb-final pattern in West Flemish, a West Germanic OV language. The paper compares antisymmetric approaches which assume short or no V-movement and antisymmetric approaches which postulate double movement: V-to-I movement + remnant movement. The data discussed concern (i) the position of the verb, (ii) the observed correlation of V-movement with certain patterns of argument distribution (object shift, the transitive expletive construction), and (iii) the expression of sentential negation. The data suggest that a double movement analysis is... Mehr ...